Tire for vehicle-wheels.



V. E. BELLEDIN. TIRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.`

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 161 1905.

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PATENTED MAY 1, -'1906r .UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFIOE.

VICTOR EDOUARD BELLEDIN, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

-TIRE FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

To all whom, it mty concern.'

Be it known that I, VICTOR EDOUARD BELLEDIN, engineer, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at 160 Rue du Faubourg St. Honor, Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires for Vehicle-Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

springs secured to the periphery of a rigidfelly, each of the said springs'being curved symmetrically `in a diametrical plane and having its ends curved the one toward the f other at the outside of the tire, then bent in-v l a le nuts.

ward in order to hold or maintain between them a continuous rubber or other-elastic rim' constituting the tread portion of the tire'. Within the said springs are secured other smaller and what I call deadening springs bent into C or O shape and so arranged that the inwardly-bent ends of the first-named springs will bear on the same when the pressure of the tire on the ground is greater than a certain amount. The springs are protected against dirt by a continuous cover, which may be secured to the edges of the felly by means of wire rods or rings.

The accompanying drawings show by way of example one embodiment of this invention.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of the tire, the cover being removed to show the springs. Fi 2 is a cross-sectional view'of the tire on aarger scale, and Fig. 8 is an elevation of a wire rod or ring to secure the cover in place.

The improved tire comprises av hollow' metal felly on which are secured a series of s rings 2 by means of bolts 3 and unscrew- Each spring 2 is composed of several thin steel plates superposed and curved all in the `same manner and together, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends o f the said springs are curved toward each other at the outside and then bent inwardly at 4 parallelly with each other.

The tire is provided with a tread ortion composed of a rubber rim 6 and of a eather rim 7, cemented one to the other. The rubber rim is T-shaped inpcross-section and its median rib is fitted in between the ends 4 of Specification of Letters Patent. Application l-led November 16,19'05. Serial No. 287,560. i

'edges by means of the wire rings 11.

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the springs while the lateral portions spread onto the periphery of the series of springs 2.

Within the springs 2 are securedby means. v

of bolts 3, other and smaller springs 5, which may also be composed of superposed steel plates and whichare curvedinto C shape,

their conveXity bein turned toward the outside of the circle o the wheel. TheY said springs may also be of O shape, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When free, the inner edge of the rim. 6 lies at a certain distance from the springs 5;but underthe influence of a suicient load it is enabled to bear against the same in order to deaden the shocks or jolts.

8 designates a rubber cloth or other iieXible and Impermeable cover which is placed around the'series of springs 2. lIn order to avoid any. solution of continuityin the said cover, it is made sufficiently wide to f old over the rib ofthe rim 6 between the ends 4, as shown'in Fig. 2.' Bolts 9 with unscrewable nuts secure the ends 4, the cover 8, and the rim 6 together, the said members thus being rendered coactive. The edgesof the cover 8 are also' securely fixed to the edges or rims ofthe hollow felly in the grooves 10, formed in thesaip1 of the said rings is composed of several parts,

(see Fig. 3,) the ends of which are screwthreadedl in o posite directions, so as to lbe brought toget er or moved away from each other at w1ll by means of nuts 1.2, having ri ht-hand and left-hand threads; but any Ot er suitable means may be used to secure the cover to the felly and to hold it thereon.

The tire thus constituted is ap licable to all kinds of vehicle-wheels. It is strong and possesses the-sameelasticity as pneumatic tires and is much more lasting than the latter.

I claim- In an elastic tire for all kinds of wheels the combination of a felly, s ring-plates secured transversally on the fel y and having their lateral portions curved outwardl and toward each other, their ends being bent inward toward the center of the wheel, a tread-rim of flexible material and T-sha ed in cross-section, the median rib of whiclh is engaged between the ends of the spring-plates and. the lateral portions of whlch spread on the curved outer portions of the said springplates, and fiat springs curved into C or O eXible and A IOO Shape secured Within the sid'eu-rved sprng plates endextendlng underand at e ycertzun .dlstanoe below the mner edge of the treadrim so thatthe'said'frimgshall come and bear -.0n Jhe` said nne'r springs when .it -s pressed toward theoe'ner of the Whee1,' and a doth cover'spreadingvon the lateral portions of the said, spring-pieces andhavng its middle en-j gaged between -the ends of the'l latter so es to 

